Current Guatemala Fishing Conditions
Nov 22nd. '10
For the past week we have hosted John Rascoe and his son Jay on Chispudo. The weekend before their arrival had seen sparse fishing and a lot of green water everywhere so we were a bit worried about the action. Monday began by finding a water change(cut) about 27miles out to the east which was full of birds and logs and with a good clear blue water on the outside. We fished the cut and quickly got three good sized Dorado( 40lb and two 18-20 lb), one sailfish, and then fished off into the good water for the afternoon without raising any more Better reports of sailfish action came from 45-50 miles out to the east, so we decided to go on out there the next day. We found a few the next day 43 miles out, and managed to hook 8 out of 11.
The fish were not aggressively chasing the teasers in behind the boat so we were unable to get any on the fly gear that day. Bad weather in the form of a vicious easterly rolled in the next morning which shortened our day, only raising four sailfish, releasing 2 of them. The only really good news of the day was that the bite and good water was moving in to about 25 miles and slighly east. Thursday dawned an absolutely beautifully flat day, so we roared back out and raised the first fish immediately. Unfortunately John got a wrap around his fly reel as he perfectly hooked a big sail. It was over in a heartbeat….but that didn’t stop us from having our best day of the week on the fly gear with 7 releases out of 16 shots. We closed out the week spending a half day after roosterfish on the beach…….saw one but got skunked…….and scooted back out to the bite to pick-up another three out of nine sailfish for the day! All in all the fishing was great for a slowish week in Guatemala and we enjoyed fishing with John and Jay……
What was one day another boring, "troll till you drop" exercise in futility, the next became fun filled sailfish action .
Blue marlin are outside Burica , on the drop. They too have been present, but staying down in the thermocline at 80-100 ft. Bait balls were seen on our sounders down there, and we finally had to stop the boat, send live sardines down with break-away sinkers, and we at least got some fish for our clients.
Small yellowfin tunas are back, and we at least see porpoise schools feeding on bait, with the tunas underneath now.
Between Ladrones and Burica , there are sails and tunas. Not too many dorado, but they are being taken sporadically.
Montuosa, always a great place to fish, was almost bare of the huge bonito schools that are the norm there. They just moved out to cooler, deeper water.